User:Gidonb/Contributions

I am active at en.wikipedia since December 2003 and was active even before at nl.wikipedia. During this period I have been very engaged in the fighting of vandalism, editing, categorization, and increasing the connectivity between articles and categories. I have also written and substantially contributed to many articles. Here is a small choice of my writing and editing in English:

Visual artists

 * Kees Bol
 * Frank Dekkers
 * Gideon Gechtman
 * Jan Gregoor
 * Thierry Veltman

Companies

 * Het Spectrum
 * India Tribune
 * Longmont Times-Call
 * Paz Oil Company
 * Simba Dickie Group
 * VDE-Gallo

Criminals

 * Dror Adani
 * Hagai Amir
 * Henneicke Column

Music and theater

 * American Record Guide (US and international)
 * Israel Festival (Israel)
 * International Society for Contemporary Music (International)
 * Chaya Arbel (Germany, Israel)
 * Theo Bruins (Netherlands, UK)
 * Niccolò Castiglioni (Italy, USA)
 * Finch (Dutch band) (Netherlands)
 * Margriet Ehlen (Netherlands)
 * Dror Elimelech (Israel)
 * Ton Hartsuiker (Netherlands)
 * Walter Hekster (Netherlands)
 * Jan Kleinbussink (Netherlands)
 * Theo Loevendie (rewritten)
 * Matthijs Vermeulen Award
 * Abbie de Quant, also in Dutch
 * Peter Schat (Netherlands)
 * Edna Shavit (Israel)
 * Meskie Shibru-Sivan (Ethiopia/Israel)
 * Jaap Spaanderman (Netherlands)
 * Edward Top (Netherlands)
 * Jan Vriend (Netherlands)
 * Klaas de Vries (composer) (Netherlands)
 * Willem van Kooten (Netherlands)
 * Bat-Sheva Zeisler (Israel)
 * Gaudeamus International Composers Award (International)
 * Gaudeamus International Interpreters Award (International)
 * List of Israeli Classical composers (Israel)

Geography, architecture and urban planning

 * Abomsa (Ethiopia)
 * Addis Zemen (Ethiopia)
 * Adet (Ethiopia)
 * Bjørnøya (Norway)
 * Bjørnøya, Haram (Norway)
 * Bjørnøya, Larvik (Norway)
 * Keizerstraat, Paramaribo
 * Morrocan Wall (Western Sahara), also in Dutch
 * De Naald (Apeldoorn)
 * Needle of Rijswijk
 * Nevatim (Israel)
 * Settlements in Israel (merged into Geography of Israel)
 * Stagecoach Trail (Illinois)
 * Tel Mond (Israel)
 * List of Belgian architects
 * List of Dutch architects


 * List of English exonyms for Dutch toponyms

Politicians, civil servants, activists

 * Hamad Abu Rabia
 * Gretta Duisenberg (Netherlands), also in Dutch
 * Education Minister of Israel
 * George Fles
 * Louis Fles
 * Alex Goldfarb
 * Moshe Levi (at Izak's request)
 * Christoph Meili (Switzerland)
 * Yitzhak Navon (completely rewritten)
 * Uzzi Ornan
 * Dan Shomron (at Izak's request)

Sports

 * Jack van den Berg
 * Michel Langerak


 * Mack Miller

Victims and acts of violence

 * George Fles
 * George Khouri (Israel)
 * Elias Khouri (Israel)
 * Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing, also in Dutch (a Dutch family was killed)

Writers, publications and publishers

 * David Rankin Barbee
 * Robbie Branscum
 * Barthold Fles
 * Cañon City Daily Record
 * Dagblad van het Noorden
 * Mordechai Geldman
 * Haagsche Courant
 * Longmont Times-Call
 * Margaret Larkin
 * Walter Mehring‎
 * Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma
 * Helen Markley Miller
 * K. G. Saur Verlag‎
 * Giorgio van Straten, also in Italian
 * Lea Bayers Rapp (entirely rewritten)
 * Reporter-Herald
 * Jean Rikhoff
 * Woman's Home Companion

Others

 * Avni Institute of Art and Design
 * International Parliament for Safety and Peace
 * Ellsworth Jerome Hill, an American botanist
 * Joey Breaker
 * Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
 * List of Druze
 * Rutherford University
 * Same-sex marriage under United States tribal jurisdictions

Acting related

 * Natalie Portman (also created in Dutch)
 * De Schippers van de Kameleon

Authors

 * Barry Chamish
 * Amnon Jackont
 * Mercer Mayer
 * Roberto Pazzi
 * Janwillem van de Wetering, also new in Dutch and Hebrew

Organizations

 * Baby Einstein
 * Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
 * Burgeranch
 * Tel Aviv University
 * Toys "R" Us
 * Miss Multiverse (AfD'd by a pal)

Crime related

 * Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
 * 9/11 conspiracy theories
 * Yigal Amir
 * Moshe Dwek
 * Kempler video
 * Ami Popper
 * Larisa Trembovler
 * Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories

Geography

 * Amona
 * Apple River, Illinois
 * Bahir Dar
 * Ethiopia
 * Germany
 * Israel
 * Jerusalem
 * Netherlands
 * Scales Mound, Illinois
 * Søvik (Haram)
 * Tel Aviv
 * Warren, Illinois
 * Wolqayt

Jews and Judaism

 * B'nai Mitzvah
 * Brit milah
 * Chief rabbi
 * Jew
 * Mizrachim
 * Amnon Yitzhak
 * Zablon Simintov (Afghanistan)

Musicians

 * Dana International
 * Mrozinski (I later AfDd it)
 * Svika Pick
 * Joey Roukens

Politicians

 * Menachem Begin
 * Ramiz Jaraisy
 * Sarah Palin
 * Shimon Peres
 * Yitzhak Rabin
 * Gonen Segev
 * Irfan Yusuf (Australia)

Lists and templates

 * List of mayors of Jerusalem


 * List of terrorist incidents
 * Template:Yitzhak Rabin assassination (then supported the deletion)
 * Template:Singer-stub
 * Template:Composer-stub

Others
many more...
 * Besant Hill School
 * Military history of the United States
 * Lanterne rouge
 * Orrington Elementary School
 * Pamela Levy
 * Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award

Articles for Deletion

 * Anne Ayalon (merged into Daniel Ayalon)
 * Elisheva Federman (deleted and redirected)
 * Monica de Bruyn (deleted)
 * Shira Manor (deleted)
 * Articles for deletion/Mrozinski (deleted)
 * Category:People questioning official 9/11 story (deleted)
 * 24/24 World Concert (deleted)
 * Category:Local municipalities in Israel to Category:Local councils in Israel (moved)
 * Neama Nativ (deleted)
 * Asian pirates (deleted)
 * Adolf Hitler's contacts with Jewish people (deleted)
 * Articles for deletion/North Sea Airways (deleted)

Projects

 * 1) Ethiopia
 * 2) Media for children
 * 3) Music
 * 4) Biographies
 * 5) Demographics of Ethiopia
 * Israeli criminals
 * 1) Singers
 * 2) Geographers
 * 3) Chicagoland
 * 4) Mercer Mayer
 * 5) Musicians
 * 6) Sami people
 * 7) Ethiopian cities
 * 8) Jo Daviess County, Illinois
 * 9) Images for Jo Daviess County, Illinois
 * 10) Geography of Norway
 * Italian authors
 * Categorization of Ethiopia